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EP 0177223 B1 19900228 - PHARMACEUTICAL MULTI-PHASE COMPOSITION

Title (en)

PHARMACEUTICAL MULTI-PHASE COMPOSITION

Publication

EP 0177223 B1 19900228 (EN)

Application

EP 85306641 A 19850918

Priority

US 65399784 A 19840924

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0177223A2] A pharmaceutical composition of a slightly water-soluble biologically-active compound, which comprises: (a) multi-lamellar lipid vesicles encapsulating the compound; (b) a saturated solution of the compound; and (c) the compound in solid form.

IPC 1-7

A61K 9/50

IPC 8 full level

A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/127 (2006.01); A61K 31/415 (2006.01); A61K 31/505 (2006.01); A61P 9/12 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61K 9/127 (2013.01); A61K 9/1277 (2013.01); A61K 31/415 (2013.01); A61K 31/505 (2013.01); A61P 9/12 (2017.12)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0177223 A2 19860409; EP 0177223 A3 19870603; EP 0177223 B1 19900228; DE 3576117 D1 19900405; JP H0615467 B2 19940302; JP S6185312 A 19860430

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 85306641 A 19850918; DE 3576117 T 19850918; JP 21201885 A 19850924